Vandals have damaged and thrown a goalpost into a playpark at a Norfolk non-league football team’s ground.
On Friday (February 22) members of Caister FC noticed the out-of-place pole.
The team, which plays on Allendale Road, is currently top of the Anglian Combination Premier Division, which covers Norfolk and Suffolk.
Daniel Parker, the club’s secretary, said that the club’s equipment, including the goalposts and crossbars, is normally locked in a metal enclosure next to the pitch.
One set of goalposts costs £2000.
Mr Parker said it looked like someone had climbed over the enclosure’s six-foot-high fence, grabbed one of the goalposts and “smashed it onto the playpark”.
He also said that since the closure of the village’s police station a lot of residents have been complaining about anti-social behaviour.
The club has been checking CCTV footage of the park but no suspects have yet been identified.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules here